Igor Ivakin, former “minister of coal industry” of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has been brought into Kyiv-controlled territory in a special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the SBU’s press service reported.

The man regularly used to attend sessions of the “DPR government” and actively participated in the formation of the ministry’s internal policy.

In particular, he regulated the activity of companies in the coal mining industry, as well as the distribution of …

Russia will be closing the pedestrian and vehicle border crossings with the far eastern regions of China and all nearly railway communication with China until March 1, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova on Wednesday after a session of the operation headquarters for preventing the new corona virus from being brought into Russia.

According to Golikova, a decision has been made to extend the temporary closure of the pedestrian and vehicle borders for a longer time period. This will apply …

The regulatory committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to allow the Russian delegation to continue to operate without sanctions, Ukrayinska Pravda reports.

This decision brings to an end the consideration of the complaints initiated by the Latvian MP Marija Golubeva and supported by delegates from other countries. According to PACE regulations, if the committee dismisses an appeal on procedural grounds, it is automatically considered approved by the …

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on January 29 that it would be imposing new sanctions on eight individuals and one company in response to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

The announcement was published on the US Treasury Department’s website.

“The treasury’s action, taken in close coordination with our international allies and partners, reiterates our unwavering support for restoring free and fair democratic …

Bulgaria, which imports nearly all of the gas it consumes from Russia, intends to obtain 50% of its gas from other sources by the end of the year, said Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova, as cited by the Energy Ministry’s press service.

“As for natural gas, our country will continue working to diversify our sources and routes for the country,” said the minister. She added that “by the end of the year, 50% of the country’s consumption of natural gas will be diversified”, Interfax …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement that the Soviet Union was responsible for the start of World War II has elicited a significant response in Russia.

The Kremlin described his statement as “offensive”, TASS reports.

“We categorically do not agree with this statement. In this statement, the president of Ukraine is aligning himself with the extremely erroneous, in our opinion, perspective of the Polish leadership, and is aligning himself with a perspective which is offensive to …

The directors of all four sugar mills operating in Belarus have stopped coming to work, TUT.BY reports, citing sources.

The news outlet reports that on January 24, the director of the Gorodeya sugar refinary was removed from an aircraft on which he was about to fly to Munich. On January 27, the Director of the Slutsk Sugar Refinery “flew off on holiday”, the company claims. The head of the Skidzyel Sugar Combine “left for Minsk”, and the director of the Zhabinka Sugar Plant simply stopped …

Russia is not fulfilling its obligations in Syria which are part of the agreements reached in Sochi and Astana, stated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  as cited by the news agency Anadolu.

In particular, Erdogan accused the Russian military of striking residential areas in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

Erdogan stressed that Turkey's "patience is running out" and urged Russia to reconsider its strategy.

"If the strikes are not stopped, Ankara will take all necessary steps. Turkey does …